Generally any cricketer is known for his records, trophies or best innings. But there is also one cricketer who is more famous for climbing the world's highest peak Mount Everest than for his cricket career. We are talking about New Zealand cricketer Adam Parore. He is the only international cricketer to climb Everest. He did this feat in 2011 at the age of 40 and even risked his life for it.

Oxygen ran out, sound had stopped

Adam Parore is celebrating his 54th birthday today i.e. on 23 January 2025. But he did the unique feat of climbing Everest on 22 May 2011 at the age of 40. He even risked his life for this. Parore had revealed in an interview that while he was climbing the peak of Mount Everest, he ran out of oxygen midway. Due to this, he started having problems in breathing and it almost reached the point of death.

After this, the Sherpa accompanying Parore helped and saved his life. After reaching the peak, he spent about 20 minutes. But the problem was not over yet. While coming down, his health deteriorated. Due to this, even sound had stopped coming from Adam Parore's mouth. However, he somehow came down with the help of Sherpas.

Climbed Everest for charity

According to Adam Parore, he had a passion for adventure. Through this he also got an opportunity to do charity. That's why he did this work. Let us tell you that with this he had collected about 79,000 dollars i.e. about 68 lakh 34 thousand rupees for children's charity. To climb Everest, Parore took the help of 3 guides, 10 Sherpas and 7 other climbers.

Parore's career

Adam Parore made his debut for New Zealand in 1990 against England. He used to play as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the Kiwi team. In his career, he scored 2865 runs in 78 Tests at an average of 26.28 and 3314 runs in 179 ODIs at an average of 25.68. As a wicketkeeper, he took 204 dismissals. Parore retired from cricket in 2002 at the age of 31 after playing for 12 years.